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WASHINGTON MEMORIAL CHAPEL 



VAI^LEY Tf^ORGE. 



ERECTED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 



THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY -FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
EVACUATION OF VALLEY FORGE BY THE AMERICAN ARMY. 



JUNE 19, 1909 



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OFFICERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY 
SONS OF ^ THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



president 
Edward Clarence Battis 

VICE presidknts 

John Henry Manning Luke Stearns STtnvK. 

Alfonso Scott Harris 

secretary and registrar 
Herbert Wood Kimball 

treasurer 
Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Green 

historian 
Charles French Read 

chaplain 
The Reverend Lewis Wilder Hicks 



COMMITTEE ON DEDICATION. 

Edward C. Battis, President Charles F. Read, Chairman 

The Rev. Lewis W. Hicks John M. Merriam 

Arthur E. Pearson Herbert W. Kimball 



J. l:.. ''HAINCi^ 

OCT 23 \ 909 






Order of Service 



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IPcocessional 



HYMN 491. 



The Churcli's one foundation 

Is Jesus Christ her Lord; 
She is His new creation 

By water and the word: 
From heaven He came and sought her 

To be His holy Bride; 
With His own blood He bought her, 

And for her life He died. 

Elect from every nation, 

Yet one o'er all the earth. 
Her charter of salvation. 

One Lord, one Faith, one Birth; 
One holy Name she blesses. 

Partakes one holy food. 
And to one hope she presses, 

With every grace endued. 

Though with a scornful wonder 

Men see her sore opprest. 
By schisms rent asunder. 

By heresies distrest; 



Yet saints their v/atch are keeping. 
Their cry goes up "How long?" 

And soon the night of weeping 
Shall be the morn of song. 

'Mid toil and tribulation. 

And tumult of her war 
She waits the consummation 

Of peace for evermore; 
Till with the vision glorious 

Her longing eyes are blest. 
And the great Church victorious 

Shall be the Church at rest. 

Yet she on earth hath union 

With God the Three in One, 
And mystic sweet communion 

With those whose rest is won: 
Oh happy ones and holy! 

Lord, give us grace that we 
Like them, the meek and lowly. 

On high may dwell with Thee. 



^Entering the Cloister the Bishop shall say: 

Except the Lord build the house, their labor is but lost that build it. 
Answer. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in 
vain. 

tIThen shall the Bishop begin the Hundredth Psalm, the Clergy and Peo- 
ple reading the alternate verses. 



PSALM 100. Jubilate Deo. 

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and 
come before his presence with a song. 

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not 
we ourselves: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts 
with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. 

For the Lord Is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his truth en^ureth 
from generation to generation. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost: 
As It was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end: 
Amen. 

PRESENTATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY 

By MR. CHARLES FRENCH READ, 

Chairman of the Committee on Dedication, on behalf of the Massachusetts 

Society, Sons of the American Revolution. 

ACCEPTANCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY 
By the REVEREND JAMES DeWOLF PERRY, D. D., 
President of the Standing Committee, on befaalf of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. 
^The inscription of Dedication having been read by the one appointed, 
there shall be said the Apostles' Creed by all standing: 

1 believe In God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: 
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the 

Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary:, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was 
crucified, dead, and burled: He descended into hell; The third day he 
rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven. And sitteth on the right 
hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to Judge the 
quick and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholic Church: The Communion 
of Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body: And 
the Life everlasting. Amen. 

Bishop. The Lord be with you. 

Answer. And with thy spirit. 

Bishop. Let us pray. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. 

Answer. And grant us thy salvation. 

Bishop. O God, make clean our hearts within us. 

Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom 
come. Thy will be done on earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses. As we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us. And lead us not Into temptation; But deliver us from evil: 



For thine is the l^ingiom, and the power, and the glory, for ever an:i 
ever. Aineif. 

Almighty and everliving God, we yield unto thee most high praise and 
hearty thanks, for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all thy saints, 
who have been the choice vessels of thy grace, and the lights of the world 
in their several generations; most humbly beseeching thee to give us grace 
so to follow the example of their steadfastness in thy faith, and obedi- 
ence to thy holy commandments, that at the day of the general Resurrection, 
we, wiLh all those who are of the mystical body of thy Son, may be set on 
his right hand, and hear that his most joyful voice: Come, ye blessed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for yo'\ from the foundation of the 
world. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator 
and Advocate. A)iien. 

O Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of all the world, in whose hand are 
cower and might, whi";h rone is able to with&tand: We bless and magnify 
thy grsat and glorious Name for the happy issue of thy servants' sufferings 
hsre; for their succour and success; for the gift of liberty and nationality; 
the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of 
vi2t0Ty. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy 
to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, the honour of our country, and 
as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, 
give us such a sense of this great goo Inese, as may engage us to a true 
thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives by an humble, holy, and obe- 
dient walking before thee all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all glory and honour, world 
without end. Amen. 

Blessed be thy Name, O Lord God, for that it hath pleased thee to put it 
iriio the hearts of thy servants to build this monument to thy honour and 
glory, and to the memory of those thy servants whose hearts were inspired 

by thee with the spirit of patriotism; and grant that the remembrance of 
their patient suffering and willing self-sacrifice, their hope and faith in 
thee, our God, may lead those who enjoy the fruit of their labors and thy 
blessing to show forth their gratitude by entering thy courts with thanks- 
giving and praise, and by serving thee faithfully in their generation, to the 
glory of thy blessed Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O most glorious Lord, we acknowledge that we are not worthy to offer 
unto thee anything belonging unto us; yet we beseech thee, in thy great 
gooilness, graciously to accept the Dedication of this place to thy service, 
and to prosper this our undertaking; lead hither thy servants and give 
them grace to prepare their hearts to serve thee with reverence and godly 
fear; affect them with an awful apprehension of thy Divine Majesty, and 



11 deep sense of their own unworthineas; tiiat so, approaching tliy sanctuary 
with lowliness and devotion, and coming before thee with clean thoughts 
and pure hearts, v/ith bodies undefiled and minds sanctified, they may al- 
ways perform a servi3e acceptable to thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Aintn. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow- 
ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. 



HYMN, 196. 



Our fathers' God! to Thee, 
Author of liberty. 

To Thee we siing: 
Long may our land be bright 
With freedom's holy ligh.; 
Protect us by Thy might, 

Great God, our King! 

Bless Thou our native land! 
Firm m.ay she ever stand. 

Through storm and night; 
When the wild tempests rave, 



Ruler of wind and wave, 
Do Thou our country save 
By Thy great might. 

For her our prayer shall rise 
To God, above the skies; 

On Him we wait; 
Thou Who art ever nigh, 
Guarding with watchful eye, 
To Thee aloud we cry, 

God save the state! 



HYMN 197. 



O Lord of Hosts! Almighty King! 
Behold the sacrifice we bring: 
To every arm fhy strength impart; 
Thy Spirit shed through every heart. 

Wako in our breast the living fires. 
The holy faith that warmed our sires. 
Thy hand hath made our nation free; 
To die for her is serving Thee. 

Be Thou a pillared flame to show 
The midnight snare, the silent foe; 
And when the battle thunders loud, 
Still guide us in its moving cloud. 



God of all nations! Sovereign Lord! 
In Thy dread Name we draw the 

sword. 
We lift the s'arry flag on high 
That fills with light our stormy sky. 

From treason's rent, from murder's 

stain, 
Guard Thou its folds till peace shall 

reign. 
Till fort and field, till shore and sea. 
Join our loud anthem, praise to Thee! 



ADDRESS BY THE REVEREND LEWIS WILDER HICKS, A. M. 
Chaplain of the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution. 



H\'MN 194. ^ 

During the singing of Hymn 194 the offering will be made for the; 
Chapel Building Fund. ; 

God of our fathers, Whose almighty I'rom war's alarms, from deadly pesti- 

hand fence, 

Leads forth in beau^' all the starry Be Thy strong arm our ever sure 

band uefence; 

Of shining worlds in splendor through Thy true religion in our hearts 

the skies, increase. 

Our grateful songs before Thy throne Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in 

arise. peace. 

Thy love divine hath led us in th;:! Refresh Thy people on their toilsome 

past, way. 

In this free land by Thee our lot is Lead us from night to never-ending 

cast; day; 

Be Thou our ruler, guardian, guide and Fill all our lives with love and grace 

stay, divino, 

Thy word our law. Thy paths our And glory, laud and praise be ever 

chosen wav. Thine. 

At the preseii-tation of the offering 

Holy offerings, rich and rare, 
Offerings of praise and prayer. 
Purer life and purpose high. 
Clasped hands, uplifted eye, 
• Lowly acts of adoration 
To the God of our salvation; 
On His altar laid, we leave them; 
Christ, present them! God, receive 
them! 

Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite; Have 
mercy upon this whole land; and so rule the hearts of thy servants THE 
PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES, The Governors of Pennsylvania 
and Massachusetts and all others in authority, that they, knowing whose min- 
isters they are, may above all things soek thy honour and glory; and that 
we and all the People, duly considering whose authority they bear, may 
faithfully and obediently honour them, in thee, and for thee, according to thy 
blessed Word and ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee 
and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigueth ever, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

O God, who art the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and 
the Lord of lords; the Almighty Ruler of nations; we adore and magnify 
thy glorious* name for all the great things which thou hast done for us. We 



reader thee Uianks for the goodly heritage which thou hast given us; for the 
ci\-il and religious privileges which we enjoy; and for the multiplied manifes- 
tations of thy favor towards us. We thank Thee for this fair land which 
Thou hast given an i preserved to us. G/ant that we may show forth our thank- 
fulness for these thy mercies, by living in reverence of thy almighty power 
and dominion, in humble reliance on thy goodness and mercy, and in holy 
obedience to thy righteous laws. Presierve, we beseech thee, to our coun- 
try, the blessings of peace; restore them to nations deprived of them; and 
secure them to all the people of the earth. May the kingdom of the Prince 
of Peace come; and, reigning in the hearts and lives of men, unite them in 
holy fellowship; that so their only strife may be, who shall show forth, 
with most humble and holy fervor, the praises of Him who hath loved them, 
and made them kings and priests unto God. We implore thy blessing on all 
in legislative, judicial, and executive authority, that they may have grace, 
wisrlom, and undersitanding, so to discharge their duties as most effectually 
to promote thy glory, the interests of true religion and virtue, and the peace, 
good order, and welfare of this State and Nation. Continue, O Lord, to 
prosper our institutions for the promotion of sound learning, the diffusion 
of virtuous education, and the advancement of Christian truth, and of the 
purity and prosperity of thy Church; change, we beseech thee, every evil 
heart of unbelief; and shed the quickening influences of thy Holy Spirit on 
all the people of this land. Save us from the guilt of abusing the blessings 
of prosperity to luxury and licentiousness, to irreligion and vice; lest we 
provoke thee, in just judgment, to visit our offences with a rod, and our sins 
with scourges. And while thy unmerited goodness to us O God of our 
salvation, leads us to repentance, may we offer ourselves, our souls and 
bodies, a living sacrifice to thee, who hast preserved and redeemed us, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord! on whoso merits and mediation alone we 
humbly rely for the forgiveness of our sins, and the acceptance of our services 
and who liveth and reigneth with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

The Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts 
and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord: And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the 
Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 



IRetrocessional 

HYMN 311. 

Ancient of days. Who sittest, throned Stiiiix.g me rude wills of men's wild 

in glory; uehavior, 

To Thee all knees are bent, all And calming passion's .ierce and 

voices pray; stormy gales. 
Thy love has blest the wide world's 

wondrous story, O Holy Ghost, the Lord a-id the Life- 

With light and life since Eden's giver, 

dawning day. Thine is the quickening power that 

gives increase: 

O Holy Father, Who hast led Thy From Thee have flowed, as from a 

children pleasant river. 

In all the ages, with the Fire and Our plenty, wealth, prosperity, and 

Cloud, peace. 
Through seas dry-shod; through weary 

wastes bewildering; O Triune God, with heart and voice 

To Thee, in reverent love, our hearts adoring, 

are bowed. Praise we the goodness that doth 

crown our days; 

O Holy Jesus, Prince of Peace and Pray we, that Thou wilt hear us, still 

Saviour, ' imploring 

To Thee we owe the peace that still Thy love and favor, kept to us 

prevails, always. 




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